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In reply to the discussion: Five years in prison for a dollar's worth of soda. Guess where? [View all]SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)16. Gotta keep those private for profit prisons filled, ya know?
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You said the punishment should fit the crime. What punishment would you like to see? nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#17
That isn't really a punishment. Wouldn't it be more like take a soda from his fridge?
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#35
You were the one who thought the punishment should fit the crime. Didn't really think that through
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#38
Devil's advocate here: Then why not just take away the jewelry the thief just "lifted"?
rustydog
Apr 2012
#41
Florida is becoming something between a middle-ages theocracy and the old west.
onehandle
Apr 2012
#5
Funny how you left out the part where he was given the chance to pay the $1 and he refused.
NYC Liberal
Apr 2012
#22
I said nothing about him cursing. I said he was given the opportunity to pay and he refused.
NYC Liberal
Apr 2012
#30
It sounds more like he was arrested for trespassing and disorderly intoxication
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Apr 2012
#28
Fair enough. Five years in prison for trespassing and disorderly intoxication??
KamaAina
Apr 2012
#29